Vehkalahti

Vehkalahti is a former Finnish municipality placed on the coast of the Gulf of Finland in Kymenlaakso, which joined the City of Hamina in early 2003. The town of Hamina changed into once shaped by the vintage church keeper of Vehkalahti. The city, which changed into born in the Municipal Association, retained the call of Hamina and the vintage coat of hands of Vehkalahti Hamina re mounted its former coat of fingers at the beginning of 2013.

Just earlier than the union, the municipality had 11,962 populations. Vehkalahti's gray stone church dates again to the 15th century. The largest agglomerations in the Vehkalahti location are Summa, Husula, Noo and Pyhalto. The Vehkalahti Municipal House and Church had been placed in Hamina, the primary library of the municipality, upper secondary college and high college in Ruissalo. The new Summa had a Stora Enso Summa paper mill. Vehkalahtea is characterized through rapakivi rocks and numerous islands. Most of Vehkalahti's Stone Age discoveries take area between 5,500 to 4,000 years. Bronze and Iron Age reveals have additionally been made.